Why, what a timely act of Jordanian derring-do,picking up all those plotters, and just before the trip to Washington, and the eleemosynary request, from Abdullah. He isn't a patch on his winsome father, the "plucky little king" who won the admiration of so many, including Anthony Lewis and Prince Charles; on the other hand, this king does not have the expensive tastes of his father, whose season-tickets to various brothels (with girls who made house, or rather hotel, calls) -- were paid for by the expansive CIA -- which is to say, paid for by me and by you, my fellow taxpayers.

Abdullah, Mubarak and the swarm of princelings in the House of Al-Saud may all have their Islamic opponents, but that opposition has to do not with their being "friends" of the West, but for being corrupt. The enemy of our enemy is really not necessarily our enemy, especially when, aside from being corrupt and despotic, Mubarak, Abdullah, and the Saudi princes fully endorse the worldview of Bin Laden, his antisemitism and anti-Americanism.

The Saudis may round up Al Qaeda members, but they also continue to fund madrasas and mosques world-wide, which churn out, and inspire, the most violent Jihadis. Mubarak's regime, with all those langourous generals relaxing on Mena Island, or having a relaxing afternoon at the Jockey Club, is awfully quick to clamp down on any hint of pointed criticism of Mubarak, his Western-looking son, or the regime of stratokleptocrats. That regime has allowed, and indeed encouraged, Egypt to become the world center of antisemitism and one of the main centers of anti-Americanism (just as Jordan is a country where 80% of the population =expresses the most violent anti-American sentiments). None of this should be forgotten in Washington, and the silly idea "we are all victims of the same terrorism" and that, therefore, we are on the same side (we aren't), and "we have so much in common" (we don't -- in fact, nothing), is quite useful for those who come, like Abdullah, with the begging-bowl, for yet another dip into the taxpayers' pockets. It is a transparent ploy; why does it seem so hard to penetrate -- or is Foggy Bottom now permanently enshrouded in a London Particular?

The Jordanian regime will fight for its own survival, by uncovering plots against it with alacrity. Otherwise, it will do nothing to stop, and frequently will openly support, the enemies of America. It did so in 1991. It did so in 2003, in Abdullah's busy attempts to protect Saddam Hussein, whose children have been his longtime friends (that speaks volumes -- even collected works).

And today Jordan gives aid and comfort to the Jihadis of Iraq, and Abdullah denounces American soldiers in Fallujah as "executioners" which only increases the fury of attacks on Americans. His little remarks, designed to protect his regime, his loot and that of his regime, have real consequences to American operations, and American lives, in Iraq. What Abdullah said should be on everyone's mind (including the members of the press, so quick to see "tiny Jordan" -- five times the size of Israel, incidentally -- as a beleaguered friend in need).

The thick-necked (he wrestled at Deerfield), stolid, and Janus-faced Abdullah comes, yet again, with his begging-bowl, hoping the Americans do not realize that the most anti-American country in the world is Jordan, and that he, Abdullah, has helped to inflame things in Iraq against the Americans. The Arabs can often count on Western inattention. It is time to disappoint them. Really. His behavior has been enough. It was been more than enough. Let him go home, not only without new loot, but with what he had expected taken away -- he can go to Riyadh for his next handout. And so can Egypt. It would hardly make for the slightest difference in their anti-Americanism, already at fever pitch. And it just might get their attention.

Abdullah, really, all THAT bad. Funny, the press never says anything but nice things about him. As he's friend of all those petrobillionaires, why doesn't he get his handouts from them? (I bet he does under the table is milking the American cow by crying poor mouth.)

We sure aren't getting from him the services we paid for. Perhaps we should ask for our money back.

I like the picture and the black guy Mr Spencer decided to attack with his usual crooked opinions:
"..slavemongering Sudanese Jihadist Omar"

First of all “slavemongering” can be accepted in the US, but in the UK its just two words i.e. slave mongering.

Further more, King Abdullah deserves the headaches he gets for living on USAID. But the black guy gets nothing from US. Are you guys upset with their resourcefulness?

Finally, it shows what is happening is Sudan is a black on black violence that you like to tolerate in America. Why? Why? Why always blame "Arabs" or "Islam"?

To Hood Jihadi: "Why always blame "Arabs" or "Islam"?"

Others have to blame Arabs and Islam, a closer connection that political correctness permits recognizing, because one of the primo features of Arab-Islamic cognition is its refusal to be objective. That becomes reflected in the well-known Arab-Islamic inability to take personal responsibility for anything they do. This is the mark of an infantile cognition and primitive mentation. Those of us on the adult level blame you--BECAUSE YOU EARNED IT!